WAN Jobs in England

Wide Area Network (WAN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for WAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WAN over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 173 252
Rank change year-on-year +50 +79 -53
Permanent jobs citing WAN 1,968 1,845 2,316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.16% 2.19% 1.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.16% 13.40% 12.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,503 1,374 1,834
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,125 £35,937 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,275 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.65% -7.45% +4.17%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £78,375
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +3.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

WAN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,178 13,772 18,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.38% 16.37% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,544 6,977 10,429
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,189
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

WAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing WAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for WAN in England

WAN
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WAN in England.

Salary trend for WAN in England

WAN
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing WAN in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for WAN in England

WAN
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WAN within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +65 553 £57,500 +4.26% 96
North of England +27 440 £43,500 -3.33% 90
Midlands +49 346 £42,000 +5.00% 55
West Midlands +73 288 £41,000 -3.53% 40
South East -36 267 £50,000 +11.11% 59
North West +6 237 £45,000 - 52
South West +3 227 £45,000 +5.88% 31
Yorkshire +64 179 £55,000 +22.22% 31
East of England +37 159 £42,500 +4.94% 30
East Midlands -44 52 £45,000 +20.00% 15
North East -21 42 £38,000 -10.59% 7
WAN
UK

WAN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 306 (15.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 192 (9.76%) SharePoint
3 52 (2.64%) IIS
4 20 (1.02%) SharePoint 2013
5 19 (0.97%) SharePoint 2010
6 9 (0.46%) Skype for Business
7 8 (0.41%) CMS
7 8 (0.41%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
9 6 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
10 5 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
10 5 (0.25%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.20%) SAS
12 3 (0.15%) Confluence
13 2 (0.10%) Apache
13 2 (0.10%) BizTalk Server
13 2 (0.10%) nginx
14 1 (0.051%) Site Server
Applications
1 164 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (1.07%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.15%) SPSS
6 2 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.051%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.15%) Epicor Tropos
3 2 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.10%) Shopify
4 1 (0.051%) Sage 300 ERP
4 1 (0.051%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 772 (39.23%) Azure
2 717 (36.43%) Microsoft 365
3 230 (11.69%) AWS
4 212 (10.77%) Entra ID
5 82 (4.17%) IaaS
6 81 (4.12%) SaaS
7 68 (3.46%) PaaS
8 67 (3.40%) OneDrive
9 62 (3.15%) GCP
10 50 (2.54%) Cloud Computing
11 34 (1.73%) Power Platform
12 33 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
13 32 (1.63%) Azure Sentinel
14 24 (1.22%) Mimecast
15 20 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
16 19 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
17 15 (0.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
18 14 (0.71%) GitHub
19 13 (0.66%) AWS Direct Connect
20 12 (0.61%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 1,405 (71.39%) LAN
2 833 (42.33%) Firewall
3 608 (30.89%) SD-WAN
4 440 (22.36%) VPN
5 395 (20.07%) Wi-Fi
6 390 (19.82%) DNS
7 382 (19.41%) Wireless
8 339 (17.23%) DHCP
9 314 (15.96%) TCP/IP
10 298 (15.14%) MPLS
11 218 (11.08%) BGP
12 214 (10.87%) VLAN
13 211 (10.72%) Network Security
14 170 (8.64%) OSPF
15 168 (8.54%) Internet
16 158 (8.03%) WLAN
17 127 (6.45%) SAN
18 126 (6.40%) VoIP
19 84 (4.27%) Cisco IOS
20 83 (4.22%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (4.52%) SQL Server
2 16 (0.81%) NoSQL
3 13 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (0.66%) MySQL
4 12 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (0.56%) Power BI
6 10 (0.51%) DB2
7 9 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.25%) InfluxDB
8 5 (0.25%) MariaDB
8 5 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.15%) Big Data
9 3 (0.15%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.15%) EDRMS
9 3 (0.15%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.10%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.10%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.10%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.051%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (0.71%) JIRA
2 10 (0.51%) Jenkins
3 7 (0.36%) Git
3 7 (0.36%) GitLab
3 7 (0.36%) Katalon Studio
4 4 (0.20%) MSBuild
4 4 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
4 4 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
4 4 (0.20%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.051%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.051%) Bitbucket
General
1 589 (29.93%) Social Skills
2 183 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
3 176 (8.94%) Finance
4 111 (5.64%) Retail
5 95 (4.83%) Telecoms
6 71 (3.61%) Law
7 53 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 48 (2.44%) Legal
8 48 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
9 39 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
10 35 (1.78%) Manufacturing
11 34 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
12 30 (1.52%) Public Sector
13 25 (1.27%) Aerospace
13 25 (1.27%) Banking
14 24 (1.22%) Electronics
15 15 (0.76%) Police
16 14 (0.71%) Marketing
17 9 (0.46%) French Language
17 9 (0.46%) Games
Job Titles
1 429 (21.80%) Network Engineer
2 315 (16.01%) Senior
3 267 (13.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 225 (11.43%) Analyst
5 188 (9.55%) IT Support
6 170 (8.64%) Architect
7 166 (8.43%) Support Engineer
8 122 (6.20%) IT Engineer
9 111 (5.64%) Lead
10 110 (5.59%) Senior Network Engineer
11 72 (3.66%) 2nd Line Support
11 72 (3.66%) Support Specialist
12 66 (3.35%) IT Support Specialist
13 65 (3.30%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 65 (3.30%) IT Manager
13 65 (3.30%) Security Architect
14 64 (3.25%) IT Analyst
15 61 (3.10%) 3rd Line Support
16 60 (3.05%) Senior Architect
17 59 (3.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (1.58%) 802.1X
2 23 (1.17%) LDAP
3 14 (0.71%) HTML
3 14 (0.71%) REST
3 14 (0.71%) WebRTC
4 11 (0.56%) SAML
5 9 (0.46%) YAML
6 8 (0.41%) .NET
6 8 (0.41%) WebSphere MQ
6 8 (0.41%) XML
7 6 (0.30%) EDI
8 5 (0.25%) XMPP
9 4 (0.20%) Akka
9 4 (0.20%) Web Services
10 2 (0.10%) Node.js
10 2 (0.10%) React
10 2 (0.10%) RESTful
10 2 (0.10%) ServiceStack
10 2 (0.10%) TAPI
10 2 (0.10%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 253 (12.86%) Data Centre
2 122 (6.20%) Management Information System
3 110 (5.59%) Driving Licence
4 87 (4.42%) Video Conferencing
5 74 (3.76%) Wiki
6 64 (3.25%) Public Cloud
7 59 (3.00%) PKI
8 57 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
9 50 (2.54%) Clustering
10 41 (2.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 35 (1.78%) IoT
12 31 (1.58%) Client/Server
13 27 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
13 27 (1.37%) Onboarding
14 24 (1.22%) PMI
15 21 (1.07%) NHS
16 16 (0.81%) GNSS
16 16 (0.81%) Private Cloud
17 15 (0.76%) Fat Client
17 15 (0.76%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 795 (40.40%) Windows
2 394 (20.02%) Windows Server
3 222 (11.28%) Windows 10
4 203 (10.32%) Linux
5 131 (6.66%) Android
6 83 (4.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 81 (4.12%) Windows Server 2019
8 56 (2.85%) VMS
9 52 (2.64%) Apple iOS
10 47 (2.39%) Ubuntu
10 47 (2.39%) Windows Server 2012
11 38 (1.93%) Mac OS
12 29 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 29 (1.47%) Windows 7
13 25 (1.27%) CentOS
14 20 (1.02%) Unix
15 18 (0.91%) VyOS
16 16 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
17 10 (0.51%) Windows XP
18 9 (0.46%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (18.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 338 (17.17%) Problem-Solving
3 304 (15.45%) ITIL
4 255 (12.96%) Cybersecurity
5 202 (10.26%) Customer Service
6 162 (8.23%) Agile
7 161 (8.18%) Project Management
8 145 (7.37%) Project Delivery
9 141 (7.16%) Mentoring
10 136 (6.91%) Computer Science
11 128 (6.50%) Presales
12 123 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
13 118 (6.00%) Information Security
14 116 (5.89%) Roadmaps
15 115 (5.84%) Mobile Device Management
15 115 (5.84%) Time Management
16 111 (5.64%) Service Delivery
17 89 (4.52%) Business Continuity
18 88 (4.47%) Load Balancing
19 86 (4.37%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 188 (9.55%) PowerShell
2 141 (7.16%) SQL
3 95 (4.83%) Python
4 41 (2.08%) Bash
5 27 (1.37%) Perl
6 19 (0.97%) Java
7 16 (0.81%) C++
8 11 (0.56%) MATLAB
9 9 (0.46%) C#
10 8 (0.41%) C
10 8 (0.41%) Tcl
10 8 (0.41%) VB
11 6 (0.30%) PHP
12 3 (0.15%) JavaScript
12 3 (0.15%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.10%) Bicep
13 2 (0.10%) Korn
13 2 (0.10%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.051%) VBA
Qualifications
1 395 (20.07%) Cisco Certification
2 334 (16.97%) Degree
3 250 (12.70%) CCNA
4 213 (10.82%) CCNP
5 210 (10.67%) Security Cleared
6 107 (5.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 99 (5.03%) SC Cleared
8 81 (4.12%) CCIE
9 77 (3.91%) DV Cleared
10 76 (3.86%) Microsoft Certification
11 69 (3.51%) CISSP
12 66 (3.35%) Master's Degree
13 62 (3.15%) Azure Certification
14 48 (2.44%) CCSP
15 47 (2.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 47 (2.39%) MCSE
16 42 (2.13%) CCDP
17 41 (2.08%) AWS Certification
18 40 (2.03%) DBS Check
19 36 (1.83%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (4.67%) SLA
2 66 (3.35%) NIST
3 59 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 41 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 33 (1.68%) GDPR
6 21 (1.07%) PCI DSS
7 14 (0.71%) PMO
7 14 (0.71%) QA
8 10 (0.51%) Accessibility
9 9 (0.46%) COSHH
10 6 (0.30%) NCSC
11 5 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 4 (0.20%) COBIT
13 3 (0.15%) JTAG
14 2 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.10%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.051%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 757 (38.47%) Active Directory
2 352 (17.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 262 (13.31%) Hyper-V
4 110 (5.59%) VMware ESXi
5 83 (4.22%) XenDesktop
6 82 (4.17%) XenApp
7 71 (3.61%) vSphere
8 64 (3.25%) Microsoft App-V
9 45 (2.29%) Docker
10 35 (1.78%) VMware NSX
11 32 (1.63%) Virtual Desktop
12 23 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
13 21 (1.07%) Firmware
14 8 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
14 8 (0.41%) NFS
15 7 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
16 5 (0.25%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 5 (0.25%) VMware Workstation
17 4 (0.20%) pfSense
17 4 (0.20%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 200 (10.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 146 (7.42%) SCCM
3 87 (4.42%) FortiGate
4 79 (4.01%) Ansible
5 78 (3.96%) Terraform
6 65 (3.30%) AirWatch
7 52 (2.64%) Kubernetes
8 49 (2.49%) WSUS
9 46 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
10 30 (1.52%) Stealthwatch
11 22 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
12 21 (1.07%) vCenter Server
13 20 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 20 (1.02%) Failover Clustering
14 19 (0.97%) VxRail
15 17 (0.86%) CASB
16 15 (0.76%) Puppet
17 14 (0.71%) Nmap
17 14 (0.71%) ZABBIX
18 12 (0.61%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 876 (44.51%) Microsoft
2 767 (38.97%) Cisco
3 515 (26.17%) VMware
4 229 (11.64%) Meraki
5 193 (9.81%) Juniper
6 186 (9.45%) Fortinet
7 164 (8.33%) Citrix
8 132 (6.71%) HP
9 102 (5.18%) Aruba
10 95 (4.83%) Palo Alto
11 92 (4.67%) SolarWinds
12 84 (4.27%) Veeam
13 77 (3.91%) CheckPoint
13 77 (3.91%) Dell
14 71 (3.61%) Apple
15 55 (2.79%) Ruckus Wireless
16 48 (2.44%) F5
17 42 (2.13%) Adobe
17 42 (2.13%) Nokia
18 40 (2.03%) Google